❌Monthly Song Challenge: Archived🎵

[Justabaldguy70]

Day 6: A song you don’t understand
What does the fox say

And no not referring to @morelikeasong nexause I understand what she says…..but the actual song I don’t understand

 

[Mr_bogey]

Day 6: A song you don't understand

Love it, but it's in Spanish

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[Saltfountain]

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Nah, it's fine

 

[MindYaBitness]

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It's Bomboleo by Gypsie Kings

 

[MindYaBitness]

Nah, it's fine

I've got a VPN, so I could pretend I was Ireland for a few. No one in the US can see it unless they have a VPN as well

 

[Saltfountain]

I've got a VPN, so I could pretend I was Ireland for a few. No one in the US can see it unless they have a VPN as well

I realised that.

I was teasing because loads of American videos today has been unavailable in UK...

 

[MindYaBitness]

I realised that.

I was teasing because loads of American videos today has been unavailable in UK...

I hate that! That's why I always put the artist & song above my link

 

[Mr_bogey]

Ok, caught up
Day 5

 

[morelikeasong]

I hate that! That's why I always put the artist & song above my link

Same! I recommend everyone does that.
It also helps when I do a quick search of the thread to see if I already posted a song.

 

[Mr_bogey]

Day 6
I really like this song despite my feelings on religion but I'm not sure if the song is anti or pro or somewhere between

 

[AmberLGreen]

Day 6: A song you don't understand

Love Nirvana - Smells like teen spirit but have never understood it

 

[MindYaBitness]

Day 6
I really like this song despite my feelings on religion but I'm not sure if the song is anti or pro or somewhere between

It's neither, I think it's talking about sex as being tantamount to a religious experience

 

[Azuldrgon]

Day 6: A song you don't understand

Love Nirvana - Smells like teen spirit but have never understood it

One of the secrets of songs like this sometimes is waiting for Weird Al to do his version.
It kind of helps translate for some songs, especially if he just covers a song.

 

[UnquietDreams]

Day 6: A song you don't understand

Ooh, this is a fun prompt.

Do I know Romanian?
Hell no.

Do I belt this out as if I do speak Romanian every time it's on the radio?
You bet your sweet arse I do.

Do I wave my hands around like a fat kid who had no idea he'd be one of the first viral sensations of the early Internet?
Of course I bloody do!!

https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:1400/1*4oSQOg49I_LRlVUWpgbubg.jpeg

Dragonstea Din Tei - O-Zone

My sister in law is Romanian. We end up dancing to this every dinner she hosts, and we are all thrilled to do so. I know the words, phonetically, but I don't want it translated. I love it too much to find it less interesting than in my mind already.

 

[UnquietDreams]

Day 6 a song you don’t understand

It’s not so much that I don’t understand this song…it’s more than I don’t understand how it exists. Why it exists. How did it become as popular as it was? Why do I always sing along? WTF is going on with this song?

I love this song, and I have no idea why. I love the video because I am a simple man, and a summer dress, head banging, and combat boots does ...things ...for me.

"But you...always came back...for more." Yes, yes I do.

 

[UnquietDreams]

Day 6: A song you don't understand

Love Nirvana - Smells like teen spirit but have never understood it

A friend of Kurt Cobain wrote, "Kurt Cobain smells like Teen Spirit." He, not knowing it was a perfume, thought that was evocative, and wrote the song from there. I think I understand it, but maybe I just understand it for me. But I still remember the first time I heard it. It was after they had moved on from Seattle, so it was on an AM station, the first alternative station we had. I had seen them a lot, and worked with them two or three times as a grip and lighting guy, but I had never been a big fan. But this song...echoed. Still does. Maybe because Kurt was trying to write a Pixies song rather than a Nirvana song? I don't know. Still, I listen to it every time it comes on.

 

[Whiskeyjack]

Day 6: A song you don't understand
This is the perfect prompt for coming home from an entire day at the Metropolitan Opera House. We saw Turandot this afternoon and I don't know the words to Nessun Dorma, but damned if it doesn't give me chills every single time.

(and no, Luciano Pavarotti was not our Calaf today. He's been dead for 17 years.

edit: I don't understand the exact words, but I do get the gist of the song.

 

[UnquietDreams]

Day 6: A song you don't understand

There is a fantasy book where the main character is being interrogated by a mind reader. He fights against them by repeating They Might Be Giant songs over and over, and the lack of any sense drives the telepath mad. I understand the telepath's point of view.

This is supposed to be from the viewpoint of a night light. Or something. They have songs that make even less sense. But it is one of the most charming songs I know, and I love it. Or maybe I don't, actually. I do.

"Birdhouse in Your Soul," They Might Be Giants

 

[StacyLeigh]

Day 6: A song you don't understand

…yet ever present in my favorites playlist

 

[AmberLGreen]

One of the secrets of songs like this sometimes is waiting for Weird Al to do his version.
It kind of helps translate for some songs, especially if he just covers a song.

I nearly selected a Wierd Al song for today (Bob) but Nirvana has always been at the top of my don't get it list

 

[Azuldrgon]

I nearly selected a Wierd Al song for today (Bob) but Nirvana has always been at the top of my don't get it list

The video for Bob was pretty funny.
So was his version of the song you picked.
Ironically, when Al called Nirvana while they were on Saturday Night Live and asked permission, Kurt's first question was, "It is going to be about food?"
Al's response. "No, it's about how we can't understand what you were singing."
Al got permission.

 

[Girly_girl]

Day 6: A song you don’t understand

 

[The_spirit_of_oz]

No, I'm the Walrus!!!!

Haha, I’d definitely prefer the feel of your two “tusks” than a walrus’s

 

[The_spirit_of_oz]

Day 6: A song you don’t understand

Eduard Khil - Trololo Song

smiles and waves, you might not be thanking me in a few weeks when it’s still in your head

 

[aussiegeekygal]

Day 6: A song you don’t understand

Eduard Khil - Trololo Song

smiles and waves, you might not be thanking me in a few weeks when it’s still in your head

I love this song